Weekend

some of the beautiful ladies who will be producing goats milk for our products

poor Big Allie is molting

Caylie

Annaliese

Stephanie

the new girls

another newbie

The days are gradually getting colder. Our pellet stove is finally running 24 hours a day - something we haven't experienced since early last Spring.

Well, we lost another chick. We adopted eleven 10 week old chicks just over a week ago and have lost 2 now. Fingers crossed the rest will remain healthy. This is the risk in bringing in birds from someone else's flock. Sometimes they may come with illness, and other times they may pick up an illness from combining with your existing flock. You just never know. The hope, of course, is that they will be healthy enough to fight off whatever is ailing them. Unfortunately, that wasn't so for these two sweet girls.

The majority of our coop is in full molt. There are feathers everywhere! We are down to 2 eggs every other day because of both the molt and the minimal sunshine. We don't turn a light on for egg production in the winter - we just use what we naturally get. Coop Girls Annaliese and Caylie won't molt this year because they are too young so we're hoping they begin laying in the next few weeks.

We found a local farm willing to sell us goat's milk for our Apothecary products. We are so excited! We visited the beautiful herd on Saturday. It was a chilly but beautiful day - perfect for meeting a herd of 50+ goats, as well as numerous chickens, roosters, cats and cows. We were definitely in our element.

While we currently make only 1 goat's milk soap, we have plans to add this super-moisturizing milk to a few more bars. And did you know that goat's milk soap is fantastic for all skin types but particularly beneficial for those with skin conditions like eczema or psoriasis?

Today was farmer's market day. It was another amazing day, sales wise, for us. We enjoy it immensely - there are more than 50 vendors selling just about anything you can imagine {prepared food, jams/jellies, wine, milk, honey, ice cream, juice, apples, veggies, pickles, whiskey, baked goods, dog treats, coffee, tea, hand-woven baskets, dried florals, and, of course, our products!}. It's crazy-busy and full of good energy from the vendors, customers and musicians. Needless to say I get as much shopping done as I do selling. :)

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Wonderful photos. The new girls look so healthy. I hope the rest of them fair well. Congratulations on finding fresh goats milk. Add a little ground oatmeal and you have a wonderful bar for sensitive skin!

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